Core · Bodyweight
Climber a Padded Stool Supported
How to do the climber a padded stool supported, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Core Hold
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set up in a plank with both hands on a padded stool and body in a straight line. Drive one knee toward your chest, then switch legs in a running motion, keeping the hips low and the core braced throughout.
- 1Feel the core stay braced as the legs drive
- 2Pull each knee in toward the chest
- 3Keep the hips level and low
Common mistakes
- Do not let the hips pike up high
- Avoid bouncing or rushing the legs
- Do not let the lower back sag
Muscles worked
The climber a padded stool supported mainly works the lower abs and hip flexors, with the upper abs, obliques, quads, triceps, mid chest, glutes, and front delts assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper ChestMinor
- Lower ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.